Lilu came home the other day saying ‘Jo!’, pronounced yoo.  I had no clue what she was meaning.  I had to look it up in my English-Norwegian dictionary.  It said jo just means ‘yes’ but I was sure there was something more to it than that.  Lilu was using joooo with a whinny or angry voice. [...]

In dressing Lil’ Red, I noticed I had put him in a stripped top and striped stockings.  I lifted up his top, and you bet ya, I had put him in a striped bodysuit too.  Oddly enough, the stripes were all the same thickness – the stripes were all horizontal. The stripe isn’t something I [...]

We have had about a metre of snow on our roof for some time now. We have been living ‘on the edge’. Roof avalanches are a part of life in Norway and if you live here long enough you are bound to get caught in one or at least watch the person in front of [...]

I love moose!  I’m talking about the majestic wildebeests of the Arctic. (Of course, my better-half isn’t half bad either).  More than any other animal I see in the wild, I get excited at the slightest glimpse of a moose.  Tigers, elephants, kangaroos or geese just don’t do if for me.  So you can imagine [...]